Quick hits on lightning talks for GHRDEN.
- Give two lightning talks before graduation
- 1 on a topic of your choosing
- 1 on a technical topic (code/code-related)
- Take the lightning talks seriously
- Prepare a slide deck/visual aide
- Practice so your presentation is polished and professional
- Do your best to hit the 8 minute time marker
- Practice public speaking skills
- Become better at communicating your ideas and talking about technology
- Be more prepared to speak at conferences and meetups
- Be more prepared to speak during interviews
- Be more prepared to speak during meetings & presentations at work
- 8 minutes long
- Time for questions after each presentation
- Time for feedback
- What presenter did well
- What they can improve upon
- Ensure student is ready (connected to TV's, etc.)
- Introduce student
- Ex. 'Please put your hands together for (student-name)!
- Keep time for them
- Raise hand & show fingers to let student know how much time is left (up to facilitator):
- 5 minutes left
- 3 minutes left
- 2 minutes left
- 1 minute left
- Raise hand & show fingers to let student know how much time is left (up to facilitator):
- Faciliate questions & feedback
- I like to write down the feedback and slack it to the cohort channel after the talks